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Faber-Castell Videos

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In their anniversary year Faber-Castell have been featured in a regional, Franconian television programme. The good news: you can watch these videos outside Germany. The bad news: the videos are in German and there are no English subtitles.

The GvFC Perfect Pencil I always carry in the pocket of my jacket.

 

This short video shows the factory and includes a few scenes showing how Faber-Castell tests the pencils for poisonous and unwanted components to make sure they are absolutely safe. If you like Lexikaliker’s museum posts you will be delighted to see some old catalogues and products in the video, too …and even our favourite count, Count Anton Wolfgang von Faber-Castell makes an appearance [1]I wonder whether his family got invited to the royal wedding. His niece is married to a relative of Prince Philip..

Another video, similar to Lexikaliker’s old Staedtler video, gives a glimpse of pencil manufacturing 100 years ago. There is also a radio report about pencil manufacturing. The radio report mentions how Lothar Faber became a member of the aristocracy and why the name changed from Faber to Faber-Castell.

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↑1 I wonder whether his family got invited to the royal wedding. His niece is married to a relative of Prince Philip.

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PencilWrap’s Peanuts Molskine Giveaway

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You might remember last month’s blog post about Moleskine’s Peanuts 60th anniversary edition.

PencilWrap has a Peanuts Molskine Giveaway! Just leave a comment at their Peanuts Moleskine Giveaway blog post before 23:59 Pacific Time on 2nd December and you have the chance to win a sealed copy of the large Peanuts 60th Anniversary Limited Edition Ruled Notebook. PencilWrap is even shipping internationally.

Good luck!

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